Tropical Sailing Adventures

Vessel Name: Maestro
Vessel Make/Model: 72' Custum Irwin Ketch
Hailing Port: Dover, Delaware
About:
"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and wihtout borders, where life is lived in the present. [...]
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta
08 February 2014
23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand
02 October 2013
22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia
22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly
26 June 2013 | French Polynesia
01 June 2013
25 May 2013
13 May 2013
11 April 2013 | Marquesas
02 April 2013
30 March 2013
21 March 2013
19 March 2013
15 March 2013 | Galapagos
03 March 2013 | Galapagos
24 February 2013 | Galapagos Islands
07 February 2013 | Ecuador
Recent Blog Posts
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta

19 months & counting

Trenten Reef Paul turned 19 months yesterday and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has past since his birth in Papeete, Tahiti. We have been on quite an adventure, as always.

08 February 2014

Thailand/Malaysia

Severely behind in my blog update but we've been busy!

23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand

Up on dry land

(Above photo flying into Sydney, AUS on our way to Phuket, Thailand)

02 October 2013

Bora Bora

10/2/13

22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia

GOOD FORTUNE IN RAIATEA

8/22/13

22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly

Huahine

7/18/13

26 June 2013 | French Polynesia

Moorea

We have, (sadly), just dropped Christina and Nicola off at the airport in Tahiti after a week out anchored off the island of Moorea. What a wonderful week full of fun. The ladies hit the spa!, hiking and swimming with Sting Rays and Sharks. The water in Moorea is really clear blue hues. We had a [...]

01 June 2013

Surfs Up Tahiti

http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8812-big-wave-madness-continues-in-teahupoo (10 days ago we had another big southern swell)

25 May 2013

Papeete, Tahiti

We are anchored off marina Taina in Papeete, the main city on the island of Tahiti. This is the only 'big city' (250,000) we have seen in several months. It is a mix of European French & casual islander. The large verdant island soars into the sky and is mostly surrounded by a coral barrier reef. [...]

Surfs Up Tahiti

01 June 2013
http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8812-big-wave-madness-continues-in-teahupoo (10 days ago we had another big southern swell)

The Link above is a great video of the trip we will take tomorrow. Teahupoo is a world class wave that we will be able to vicariously view in a boat right beside the wave. Wow! The swell is coming up from the SW which makes this surf spot a dream. This swell is also breaking over Tahiti's barrier reef, right into the marina. No so fun for sailors! We are tied up in a beautiful spot on the inside of the marina but it is still a bit bumpy. We are hearing of sailors getting sea-sick in the anchorage outside - stirred up pretty good.

All in all we have been catching up on boat work, business and living the day to day life in Tahiti. There is a great grocery store with gourmet foods a couple blocks away which is a nice treat. They have wonderful breads, pastry, pates, THE CHEESES! (THANK YOU FRENCH PEOPLE). With respect to boat parts this is the hub of activity. You can import duty free for vessels in transit but most items can be found here. We stripped the main sail today for a quick patch from a batten tear. Good price quote and great service so far. Some things are ridiculously expensive and other things you will find priced fare. Nothing is cheap. Its warm and sunny everyday - no rain at all on this side of the island. The french have been warm and welcoming but we have found that the Polynesian Islanders are still not very warm and fussy about us foreigners? Cant blame them i suppose ~

We will chill out here until Christina and Nicola (cant wait!) get here mid month. Then we will sail 13 miles to the Island of Moorea for a week of touring. We were successful in getting an extension on our visas until October - still undecided on where to go for cyclone season? Decisions, decisions?!?! The cognitive process is slow in the heat, lol!
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